‘I just felt like I needed to’: North Carolina man drives to Edmonton to help fire evacuees [View all]
When Jim McGrath heard about the Fort McMurray wildfire, he knew he wanted to do help but what he ended up doing is quite unique.
McGrath hails from near Raleigh, North Carolina. He jumped into his car and drove across the United States and north to Edmonton to volunteer.
“I just felt like I needed to,” he said when asked why he travelled about 4,000 kilometres.
McGrath has no connection to the Fort McMurray fire. He has no friends or family in Edmonton or the rest of the province and has only been to Canada a handful of times.
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He arrived in Edmonton last Wednesday and immediately went to work his first volunteer shift.
Julia Wong/Global News
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